Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy
No grids, no party!
A course by Leo Calderón , Graphic Designer and Calligrapher
About the video: No grids, no party!
Overview
“To create disorder, we must first order our ideas; The same thing happens in calligraphy. While it is great to practice a new style on a blank paper, the use of calligraphic guides will always help us to better understand the distribution of spaces, widths and heights of the letters. That is why, in this lesson, I will teach you how to create and use our own grids.”
In this video lesson Leo Calderón addresses the topic: No grids, no party!, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy. Learn the basics of this style and explore the beauty behind it by creating your own calligraphy piece.
Partial transcription of the video
“Lesson 4 No grids, no party !!! In this lesson I will teach you how to build your own calligraphic grid. We will limit what the proportions are in a certain calligraphic style. Not all calligraphy has the same proportion. This depends mainly on its origin and its architecture. Here I show you four styles of translation calligraphy. Chancellor, or Italica, a Gothic style, finished Fracture, Carolina calligraphy and the Foundational, which we will work on other lessons. Depending on the construction of each of the styles, Each calligraphy maintains different heights, and different proportions...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy
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Calligraphy
Leo Calderón
A course by Leo Calderón
A native of Chile, Leo Calderón is a graphic designer with a specialization in typography from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and also a professor of design and typography at the Instituto Profesional AIEP in Santiago, Chile. He considers his forte to be in calligraphy and lettering, both arts perfected under the teachings of great experts and many years of practice.
With more than 8 years of experience in this trade, he has worked for internationally renowned brands such as Heineken, Visa, Ralph Lauren, Johnnie Walker, Vans, and Guess. Additionally, he has participated in multiple Bienales de Tipografía Latinoamericana in recent years, being recognized in the Emerging category for his typographic project, Picarona.
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